Casket.



No. 684,769. Patented Bot. 85, 590i. 6. M. BRENNAN.

CASKET.

(Application filed Apr. 10, 1900.

(Ho Model.)

" IMM UNITED STATES PATENT prion.

CHARLES M. DRENNAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICANMETALLIC CASKET COMPANY, OF KITTERY, MAINE, AND BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GASKET.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,769, dated October15, 19

Application filed April 19, 1900.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GHARLns M. DRENNAN, a resident of Boston, in thecounty of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented anImprovement in Caskets, of which the following description, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likeletters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to improve metallic caskets.

A practical metallic casket must be strong and rigid, and thesequalities must be gained with as little weight as possible.

To gain rigidity for the bottom of the easket, I have provided saidbottom with a series of corrugations, which in the most approved formnow known to me show a series of continuous endless grooves anddepressions surrounding a central straight groove. The extreme edge ofthe corrugated body has an upturned lip, and at a short distance fromits edge said bottom has a wider and deeper groove, which enables thefingers of a bearer to get a firm safe hold of the casket when liftingthe same.

In order that a lining may be applied to the casket, the body isprovided with tackings'trips, held in position by entering-grooves inthe body, the strips, coated with glue or Waterproof cement, readilyadhering to the body of the casket.

The top of the casket is bent to present a central depressed panel, andthis panel has an exposure-opening presenting a surrounding lip locatedbelow the bottom of the panel, the lip sustaining a glass, the edges ofwhich are surrounded by the edges of the exposuredepression.

Figure 1 represents in top view, partially broken out, a casketembodying my improvements; and Fig. 2, a section thereof in the dottedline cc. 7

The side walls A of the body of the casket have a longitudinalcorrugation a. The upper edge of the body has an outturned flange a, andthe lower edge an outflaring portion (1 terminated by an inturned lip aThe bottom B of the casket has a straight corrugation or groove 1),inclosed by a series of endless grooves or corrugations 1), b b and band each endless groove, as shown, being Serial No. 13,409. (No model.)

longer than the one inside of it. The groove 19 is surrounded by afinger-depression 79 shown both wider and deeper than the other grooves.The edge of the bottom outside the finger-groove or handhold. rests onthe flange a and the edge has an upturned lip b", which serves as asupport for the outfianging portion a That a lining of silk or othermaterial may be applied to the interior of the casket, I insert in thespaces within the corrugation CL and the outfianged portion 6L2tacking-strips c 0, preferably of wood or other material capable ofreceiving and holding a tack. In applying these strips I preferably coatthe same with glue or other cement where they are to contact with thecasket.

The top D of the casket presents a double concavo-convex outline at d dand a depressed central panel d said panel being provided with anexposure-opening d surrounded by a lip d, upturned to leave a trough (Zfor the reception of suitable luting, the substantially vertical wall (1of the exposure-opening meeting the sides of the glass which will be putin the said opening.

To provide for lining the top or cover of the coffin, l have provided atacking-strip c, it surrounding the exposure-opening and being kept inposition, as herein represented, by means of narrow metallic straps orribbons e, suitably soldered at one end, as at 6 to the interior of thetop, the straps being bent from their dotted-line position into theirfull-line position about the strip e at suitable intervals, enough suchstraps being used to keep the tacking-strip in its operative position.The top or cover is also provided with. a second tacking-strip f,preferably of wood, grooved at its under side to engage the bead f ofthe luting-st-ripf sealing-bead has the exterior downturned flange f thelower edge of which is bent around the lower edge of the cover, as atf", and on its inner side the said lutingstrip has the depending portionK, which enters a space between the upper edge of the tacking strip cand the upper edge of the side of the body, as best seen in Fig. 2.

To seal the casket after having applied the lid, the cover isrepresented as provided with a series of sealing-flaps g. The upper endsThe lut.ing-strip or of these flaps are bent inwardly, as represented inFig. 2, and are soldered in the angle 9 of the sealing-bead. By bendingthe upper edge of these sealing-flaps, which are narrow beams of sheetmetal, so that they fit accurately in the angle g, it is possible toobtain a more secure uniting by solder or otherwise ot the sealing-flapswith the sealingbead, and to seal and fasten the top or cover upon thebody the sealing-flaps are bent inwardly and turned upwardly by asuitable tool against the outturned flange a of the body. The lower edgeof the top or cover may extend below the flange a for any desireddistance. The flaps g are sufficiently strong so that when bent tocontact with the under side of the flange a they will lock the coverfirmly on the body. The groove in the portion f of the sealing-stripwill be filled with suitableluting; but thisinvention is not limited tomaking the groove in the lutingstrip, as it might be made in the flangeof the body.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A casket having a corrugated metallic bottom, such corrugations beingdisposed as a central straight groove and a series of side groovesextending parallel with the central straight groove, the said sidegrooves being joined beyond the ends of the straight groove tocompletely surround the said straight groove and the grooves around theouter edge of the bottom being of greater depth than the remaininggrooves constitute holding means for the fingers.

2. A casket having a metallic bottom provided with corrugations and adepression extending around the bottom adjacent the edge thereof, saiddepression being deeper than the corrugations and constituting a holdingmeans for the fingers whereby the casket may be lifted by its bottomedge without liability of slipping.

3. A casket having a corrugated, metallic bottom having a centralstraight groove, a series of continuous grooves surrounding the centralgroove, and a fin ger-depression parallel with the continuous groovesand adjacent the edge of the bottom.

4. A casket comprising a metallic body, the side walls of which flareoutwardly at their lower edge to provide a receiving portion for atacking-strip, the" lower edge of said side walls terminating in aninturned flange, and a metallic bottom sustained on said flange.

5. A casket comprising a metallic body, the side walls of which flareoutwardly at their lower end and terminatein aninturned flange, acorrugated metallic bottom sustained on said flange, and a tacking-stripin said outflaring portion of the side walls, and held be tween saidoutflaring portion of the side walls and the outer ridge of thecorrugations in the bottom.

6. A metallic casket having the upper por- '7. A metallic casket havingits top or cover provided with a plurality of non metallic tack-strips,one of said strips being arranged around the edge of the top or cover toreceive the tacks for securing a lining in position.

8. A metallic casket having a metallic top provided with a centralsunken panel, a nonmetallic tacking-strip on the inner side of said topsurrounding said panel and means for securing said tacking-strip to saidtop.

9. A metallic casket having a metallic top provided with a centralsunken panel, a nonmetallic tacking-strip on the inner side of said topand surrounding said panel, a second tacking-strip around the outer edgeof said top and means for securing said tacking-strip to the top.

10. A metallic casket having its top provided with non-metallic materialhaving a groove therein, a conveXed portion connected with the top andengaging said groove to thereby aid in positioning said non-metallicmaterial that tacks may be driven into it.

11. A metallic casket havingatop provided with a sunken panel, and anon-metallic strip applied to the inner side of the top and held inposition by means of metallic tapes, one end of which is secured to thetop.

12. A metallic casket consisting of a body having a flanged upper edgeand top and a sealing-bead connected with the interior of the top andadapted to rest on the flanged upper edge of the body, one edge of saidsealing-bead embracing the edge of the top.

13. A metallic casket consisting of a body and top and a sealing-beadconnected with the interior of the top and adapted to rest on theflanged edge of the body, one edge of said sealing-bead embracing theedge of the top, and sealing-flaps secured on the inner side of saidhead.

14. In a casket, a metallic cover provided at its edge with asealing-bead adapted to rest on the body, said sealing-beadhavingaflange bent around the edge of the cover.

15. A metallic casket having applied within its upper end a stripleaving a space between said strip and the upper edge of the casket,combined with a cover provided at its inner side with a sealing-bead,presenting a depending edge entering the space between said strip andthe upper edge of the body of the casket.

16. A casket having a metallic lid provided with a central panel cut outat one end to form an exposure-opening, the edge of said opening havingthe substantially vertical depending flange terminating in an inturnedlip adapted to sustain a glass, the vertical wall of the flangeproviding an abutting surface for the edge of the glass.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of 10 two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES M. BRENNAN.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. GREGORY, MARGARET A. DUNN.

